Today is the last day of school. My sister has three children, two boys and a girl, and she greets summer with bitter-sweet feelings. Summer returns relentlessly. It seems as if we just began the school year, then May comes around and the end of school year festivities begin. The children are free from school and they are at home looking for things to do. Sometimes summer can be an anxious time when we try to fill our children’s days with activities to keep them from boredom, but relax.
One of the readings for today is taken from Proverbs 22:6. It tells us:
Train children in the right way,
and when old, they will not stray.
I remember my summers as a child in West Texas. We had no organized activities. We simply spent the entire summer playing with friends in our back yard or the back yards of our friends. It was a wonderful, carefree time. Your summers may have been very much the same, and truth be told, we all didn’t turn out that badly. We were, in the words of Proverbs, trained in the right way. We learned to enjoy time together with friends. It was fellowship.
Many children will spend summer with us at St. George and St. Patrick’s summer program. What a time of fellowship! Seeing old friends and meeting new ones while enjoying time together as they grow in wisdom and grace. They are children trained in the right way who are learning to enjoy the fruits of fellowship.
So have fun and enjoy summer’s relentless return.
Peace,
Chester J. Makowski
Priest Intern
Sts. George & Patrick Episcopal Community
One of the readings for today is taken from Proverbs 22:6. It tells us:
Train children in the right way,
and when old, they will not stray.
I remember my summers as a child in West Texas. We had no organized activities. We simply spent the entire summer playing with friends in our back yard or the back yards of our friends. It was a wonderful, carefree time. Your summers may have been very much the same, and truth be told, we all didn’t turn out that badly. We were, in the words of Proverbs, trained in the right way. We learned to enjoy time together with friends. It was fellowship.
Many children will spend summer with us at St. George and St. Patrick’s summer program. What a time of fellowship! Seeing old friends and meeting new ones while enjoying time together as they grow in wisdom and grace. They are children trained in the right way who are learning to enjoy the fruits of fellowship.
So have fun and enjoy summer’s relentless return.
Peace,
Chester J. Makowski
Priest Intern
Sts. George & Patrick Episcopal Community
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